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Integrated Tools Helping FIs’ Assess Climate Risks

Chris Hall

This is one of the “urgent gaps” in FI climate risk management noted by Carlin.

UNEP 52
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How to Handle Natural Growth

Chris Hall

Last week over 5,600 delegates from 190 countries gathered at the headquarters of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi for the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6). Let’s take a closer look at Target 3.

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Amazon Conservation and the Financial Sector Consultant, Science Panel for the Amazon

Sustainable Development Network

Prepare presentations for high-level meetings (e.g. Possible analyses include commodity supply chains, highlighting key players involved as well as the risks and opportunities for more sustainable production systems in the Amazon, as well as major investors in Amazonian economic activities (beef, soy, timber). Analyze data.

Banking 52
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At COP27, Investors, Companies, and Policymakers Must Accelerate Urgent Action on the Climate and Water Crises To Cut Emissions in Half by 2030

3BL Media

Co-hosted by AIGCC, CDP, Ceres, IGCC, IIGCC, PRI and UNEP FI. DESCRIPTION: COP27 provides a critical moment to build upon historic U.S. November 3, 2022 /3BL Media/ - ? Speakers will explore Investor Climate Action Plans (ICAPs), engaging companies on transition planning, and enabling policy frameworks in line with 1.5°C

Net Zero 130
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Nature – On The Frontlines At Davos 2024?

We Mean Business Coalition

Nature does everything.” – the words of UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson at Davos 2024 during a session exploring if the financial risks of climate change are under-priced. Yet, in reality, issues presenting immediate threats related to geopolitical tensions, and the governance and implementation of AI took centre stage.

UNEP 52
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The Adapted Metropolis

Chris Hall

The report also found that climate resilient developments in urban areas support the adaptive capacity in more rural places, maintaining peri-urban supply chains of goods and services and financial flows. Last year, UNEP FI published guidance outlining the kinds of resilient buildings needed to cope with new climate extremes.

UNEP 52
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Sustainable Agriculture: Aligned for Impact and Returns

Chris Hall

The present global food system is broken,” says Alastair Cooper, Head of Venture at Cibus Capital, which channels investment to solutions and innovations in sustainable food and agriculture. “We’ve We’ve got a supply-demand imbalance and resource limitations the likes of which we’ve never seen.”

UNEP 52